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The Sun. (North Canton, Stark County, Ohio), 1941-05-21

1941-05-21-001

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Benefits of Bigness
Less is being heard from those who argue that "bigness" is the true gauge of industrial monopoly. The reason
is not hard to find. Now that the nation is fighting for time
to rearm against a hostile world, bigness has taken on new
meaning to millions of Americans. We need big industries
because only big industries can create mass production vital
to mechanized defense. We will always need big industries,
in peace time as well as war.
Our system of rrtass^ merchandising is as essential as
mass production. It was founded on the needs of 130,000,000
people. Through it, the necessities of life are distributed to
American homes "with a dispatch and efficiency that is the
envy of'the world. An abundance of food on our dinner
tables, as well as abounding quantity and matchless quality
of wearing apparel, foot gear, etc., are directly attributable
to mass merchandising, for the simple reason that it keeps
prices within the reach of millions instead of thousands. And
yet, in spite of these many "taken for granted" benefits,
mass merchandisers have been loudly condemned as monopolistic, merely on the ground that they are too' big.
You can't have the benefits of bigness without having
bigness. If we are ever sold to the idea, that bigness in itself
is evil, we might as well bow to foreign aggressors at once,
for we are licked without it. If the war demonstrates once
and for all time the fallacy of the old demagogic argument
that bigness equals monopoly, a new vista of progress will
open before us, one in which all forms and sizes of enterprise
will serve with maximum efficiency in a free competitive
.system.
Under the Cloak of Defense
' MostkSpund "thinkers in this country are agreeckthat the
tremend6w*fuTcfeWl*Sf^ defense spending which,}® -nation^s Saturday as guests of Ohio
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is now^assu***ni"q.g'4sakes; it^gMy.*a>^^Tflei*4ib^^^^e^ensfe
expenditures.'be cut to the bone. Examination of-civil ;expen
ditures to see' how and where, the activities of various government agencies" may be curtailed is being urged, not alone
by outside economists, but by the Treasury itself.
In this light, one recent tendency observable in Washington at the present time seems to be an evasion of the
realities of the case. We refer to the device of simply shifting civil agencies over from one side of the fence to the other,
and classifying them as "defense agencies."
Typical recent examples are Fish and Wildlife, National
ParkJs, and Grazing1 Services. And a short while ago, even an
insane asylum in the nation's capital was officailly placed under the defense heading.
The question of whether current expenditures in these
fields are justified can be decided on its own merits. But it
doesn't help those who are trying to get a clear picture of
the situation when these agencies are put under the "special
dispensation" of national defense, any more than it would
help a shepherd to count the white sheep in his flock if you
dyed some of them, black.
It is hardly being candid with the individual taxpayer—
who is willingly assuming the heaviest weight of taxation in
our history in order to meet the needed costs of defense—
to use "defense" as a thin cloak for activities not remotely
connected with real national security.
Public Opposes Sending Army
The American people, though they are almost unanimously in favor of all-out aid to England, are still heavily
opposed to sending troops abroad. That is the gist of a recent Gallup Poll. Seventy-nine per cent of those queried were
against sending part of our army to Europe to help the
British. Smaller majorities were against sending American
air and naval units.
At the same time, there is no question but what many
men close to Washington affairs fear that American participation in the actual shooting is coming. Some think that if
Britain loses-in;the Balkans and Egypt and is driven out of
the Mediterranean, this country will be unable to longer
postpone the decision. For then the British Empire's lifeline would be broken, Hitler's U-boats would be supplied with
the finest kind of bases, and the final stage of the Battle of
the Atlantic would begin.
Congressional sentiment is undoubtedly against a declaration of war now, though a number of members are urging that fateful step. The President has shown no change
from his position of all aid short of war.
In the Land of Silence
The world has been buzzing with feverish questions_ever
since Rudolf Hess, deputy fuehrer of Germany, skipped out
of that country by airplane and landed in a Scottish pasture,
with' his gasoline nearly gone. Does this mjean that the
courage of the German people is being broken by their privations and the prospect of American aid to Britain?
The German people remind one of a vast population shut
up in a mighty prison. Only such truth as the guards permit
can filter through the stony walls of silence that surround
them. Radio broadcasts reach-some of them. In their docile
submission to their government, they usually say that everything they hear from a foreign source is just a lie.
The-y* don't know as well what is going on in the world
as do the natives in the darkest recesses of the jungles of
Africa. And all.because the freedom of the press and .of
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VOL. 18—No. 30
NORTH CANTON, STARK COUNTY, OHIO, WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 1941
$1.50 PER YEAR
Students Bring
Scholastic Honor
to North Canton
Question Raised on Rating
When State Office" Finds
Error in Tabulation; Team.
Still Leads in County
North Canton high school has
again made state educational history.
Not only have her students
brought back one of the highest
honors any school can achieve — a
leader in its class, but they have
made a favorable Impression in
scholastic circles as a whole in the
state, regardless of any classification.
Although some question has been
'raised within the past few days as
to the position which the scholarship team holds, there is little
doubt but that it ranks only a few
points below the highest score if it
is surpassed by any other school
At the present time investigation
is being made to see i£ the state
department has actually made a
mistake in its tabulations of the
winners which would put North
Canton in a lower position.
A brief review of the accomplishments of the scholarship team
which has brought high honor to
the local school shows that North
Canton placed 13 students on the
county scholarship team of 40 students, almost a third of the highest ranking scholars in all the
schools in the county system. At
Kent in the district tests, 11 of
these students placed in the upper
rating in each subject. Finally, 10
of these students received high
enough scores to receive state rating.
In the state rating two North
Canton students received third
place, three were in fifth place, one
in sixth, two in tenth and three
honorable mentions. Louis Acheson
placed seventh in the state in open
classification with all other students'in general science.
""When tabulations of points in
the county were made, the North
Canton students had made 243
points to the 63 points of their
nearest competitor, Canal Fulton.
All .other schools in the county
scored 199 points to those earned
-bjtLiNorth Canton.
•- -Eleven of the members of the
$*holarship team went to Colum-
North Canton's Top Rank Scholarship Team Annual Spring Music
Festival Friday Evening
These boys and girls, top ranking students at North Canton high school are largely responsible for
the latest honor the school has received. Not only have they proved their ability along scholastic lines
but records show they are also active in other activities and are leaders in debate, music, athletics and
club work.
In the back row, reading from left to right are Ladene Roberts, Frank Wise, Kenneth Schug, Tom
Smith, Zane. Schlemmer, Evelyn Metzger, and Ruth Frye. In the front row, left to right are Joe Kintz,
Dolores Kintz, Louis Acheson, Charles Howes, Virginia Lesh and Bob Smiley.
Rotary Entertains Visiting
Clubs at Meeting Thursday
Rev. Withrow Declares Love of Humanity Only Thing Able
to Lead Us Out of the Present Darkness
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State university on- scholarship
day. Dr. Ray G. Wbod, director _of
the Ohio scholarship tests, presented the awards to the North Canton
students during ceremonies honoring top ranking students Jp. the
state."** _ '^
Ladene Roberts and Zane
Schlemmer were unable to make
the trip with the other students
who were accompanied with their
parents and friends.
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Hit-Run Driver
Arrested Tuesday
Police Get Motorist Who Admits Hitting School Boy
A driver wanted for hitting a
school child on Rt. 43 near East
Springfield Tuesday afternoon was
picked up in North Canton the
same evening by Officer Smith on
a' charge of driving while under
the influence of liquor, and when
identified was turned over to state
police.
The man, Everett C. Curtis, of
Steubenville, was arrested here
about 6:30 and -was immediately
connected with the hit and run accident from descriptions given over
the radio.
State police were notified and
when they came to North Canton
brought with them a boy who had
heard the man say that he had hit
a school child when he ""stopped at a
service station in Malvern. The boy
immediately identified him.
The injured child was taken to
the hospital after examination by
a doctor. No report has been received of his condition.
Club Plans
Banquet Monday
Delegates Attend Convention
in Atlantic City This Week
Members of the Junior Woman's
club will hold their annual spring
banquet in Hotel Belden Monday
evening. Transportation will be
provided for those who need it.
Mrs. George Henderson, club adviser left for Atlantic City Sunday to attend the convention of the
General Federation of Women's
clubs,being held there this week.
Miss Ruby Ryder will leave the
latter part of this week for the
convention as club delegate and
Miss Helen Moore will also attend
and-sing-in the club-chorus.
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Dogs Must Be Kept In
. Following complaints of "property owners that dogs have been
running loose throughout the village, destroying shrubs and tearing up gardens, all dog owners in
the village are warded that according to a village "ordinance all
dogs must be kept tied *or on
owner's property.
- Even though the dog is licensed
:it"..still must be-;kep_t at home.
Close to 200 Rotarians from 12
surrounding communities were in
North Canton last Thursday evening to attend the inter-city meeting sponsored by the local club.
Rev. Floyd Withrow, pastor of
the United Presbyterian church in
Barberton was the speaker for the
evening. His subject was "Lights
That Shine From the Darkness."
"America's progress, culture and
scientific discoveries during this
dark European situation will not
be the lights that wilL lead us but
of the darkness and terrible conflict," he asserted. "Only love for
humanity, the ability to speak the
viewpoints of others and the spirit
of Christ will lead us oat. of this
darkness and grave problems."'
;. To add,'to the entertainmentxsjf-
the evening each club that.- attend^
ed was requested to put on a stunt,
musical number or. reading. All of
them received gifts "for the fine
performances they. gave. Group
singing was led by C. B. Williams
with Russell Rudy at the piano*.
Charles Carper, president, gave
the welcoming address to all the
visiting Rotarians from Minerva:
Sebring, Louisville, Malvern, Canal Fulton, Waynesburg, Carrolton,
Barberton, Canton, Akron and Alliance. The Massillon club was the
only club invited which was not
represented.
The Minerva club had the best
representation with 35 out of 38
members present to receive the attendance prize of a leather secretary kit.
Among the other prizes offered
H. B. Crewson of Sebring won the
Hoover Dustette given by the company as a door prize. All those
present also received Hoover belts
as souvenirs.
Rev. Paul Rempe of Bellevue,
former pastor of Zion Lutheran
church and secretary of the local
club was a special guest of honor.
The committee in charge of the
entertainment for the evening was
Roy Harpold, chairman; Wayne
Hummel, Ward Mathie, Charles
Carper and Rev. N. B. Emch.
Firemen Plan Festival
The Volunteer Firemen of Hartville will hold a festival at the
Hartville high school grounds on
Saturday, June 21.
It is the first festival sponsored
by the group and funds raised
from it will be used to purchase
new equipment.
Charles Nelius Dies
Following Long Illness
Funeral Services Held at
St. Paul's Wednesday
On Wednesday morning at 9
o'clock funeral services were held
in St. Paul's church for Charles R.
Nelius, 68, of McKinley ave., who
died Monday morning, May 19, 1941
in Mercy hospital following a long
illness. t
Mr. Nelius was a life resident of
North Canton and was a member
of St. Paul's church and the
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He is survived by ■-* his • -.WiJow,-
Mrs'. Agnes Nelius; three 'daughters^ Mrs. W. A. Zimmer, Mrs. J.
J. Terrigan and Mrs. R. M. Willaman; one son Raymond and six
grandchildren.
Rev. Fr. Anthony Mechler was in
charge of the" services and burial
was in Calvary cemetery on the
Canton-Massillon road.
Missionary Groups
Plan Prayer Service
Lecture Club
Women on Meat
Make-up Meeting to Be Held
in June to Close Season
Fifty members of the Woman's
club were present Monday evening
to hear J. E. Wallon of Cleveland,
representative of the Swift Co.,
speak on cuts and ways of serving
meats. He also showed a pictu-**
entitled "Romance of Meats."
Music on the program was giv>
by Ralph Saylor who presented i
trumpet duet, accompanied by Nc
ma Dolvin.
Mrs. L. K. Acheson, Americ,'
Home chairman introduced M"
Charles Howes who introduced ti
speaker for the - evening. Re«
tionists for the evening were M
Ralph Young and Mrs. Roy Fry-
There will be one more meeti
of the club for the year in Jul
It will be a make-up meeting whi
was cancelled in January becau
of a flu epidemic.
On Wednesday evening, June
the club will sponsor a mixed ca '
party at Shady Hollow Count
club. Mrs. Foster Crawford
chairman.
The three missionary societies
of Zion Reformed church, namely
the Woman's Missionary society,
the Mary Schneder society and the
Esther society will sponsor "Ascension Day of Prayer for Missions" in a brief service at the
church on Thursday evening al
7:30.
Both men and women are invited to attend the service which will
be in the form of a prayer service
for missions all over the world. It
is the first time it has been held m
Zion Reformed church.
Miss Genevieve Eichards will
give a solo and Mrs. Charles
Howes is in charge of the service.
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Girl Reserves Hold
Installation Service
Booster Club Banquet
Saturday Evening
Kent, Akron U. Professors to
Speak Following Dinner
A banquet honoring North Canton students who have achieved
scholastic and athletic distinction
will be held by the Booster club
Saturday evening starting at 6:30.
Meals will be served in three
churches in the community, St.
Paul's, Community Christian and
Zion Reformed, after -which the
three groups will adjourn to the
high school auditorium for the second part of the program.
Professor Merle Wagoner of
Kent State university will be the
first speaker of the evening, followed by Dean Howard R. Evans,
of the College of Education at Akron university. Professor Wagoner, agriculture professor at Kent
has been manager of the Class B
tournaments in this district for the
past 10 years and is keenly interested in the athletics of the high
schools. He was a former coach at
Kent and an Ohio State athlete.
Special musical numbers will
also be given on the program.
Later in the evening dancing
will be held in the grade school
with Jack Zengler and the Knights
of Rhythm providing the music.
The Booster club plans to make
this program an annual event to
honor outstanding students in
North Canton. Reservations for the
banquet must be in by Friday
noon.
Superintendent Trachsel is program chairman, C. W. Studer banquet chairman; William Finefrock,
music; and Jack Coughlin, tickets.
M. F. Lowry is general chairman.
Hoover Renamed to
Scout Vice-Presidency
Three High School Choruses,
Orchestra, Concert Band to
Appear in "Varied Program
Clubs Have Joint Ceremony
at/Oirtdoor Meeting
Junior and Senior Girl Reserves
held a joint installation of officers
in an outdoor meeting Monday evening at West Creek. "
They conducted the service
around a fire built on a little knoll.
Miss Evelyn Gatrell told the story
of "The Church of Lighted Lamps,"
after which the officers for tho
coming year came forward and
were installed.
At the close of the service the
girls all lighted candles which were
placed in egg shells and floated
down the stream, symbolic of
friendship going out into the world.
The service was closed with the
circle of friendship led by Miss
Florence Buchanan.
Rates "Superior"
Dr. John Lowry of Muskingum
Named Commencement Speaker
Baccalaureate Scheduled for
June 1 With Rev. Beck as
Speaker; Commencement
Set for June 3
Dr. John G. Lowry, dean of the
School of Education at Muskingum
college will be the speaker at commencement exercises on Tuesday
evening, June 3 when 64 North
Canton high school seniors receive
their diplomas. Dr. Lowry's address
will be "The Next Frontier."
Baccalaureate services will be
held Sunday evening, June 1 in the
high school auditorium at 7:30
with Rev. M. E. Beck as the
speaker. - -
For commencement exercises the
high school orchestra' will play the
processional as the senior class
members in their caps and gowns
take their places.
Rev. M. A. Cossaboom will give
the invocation, followed by an address of welcome ■- given by Miss
Blanche Wenger, senior. .A. girlrf
sextet composed of Marie Burk-
holtz, Blanche Wenger, Reba Keith,
Margaret Shaub, Velma Renner and
Dorothy Kolp will present several
numbers.
Awarding of medals and scholarships will be given by A. J. Schneider, class adviser to those who have
earned them. Superintendent R. E.
Trachsel will present the class and
C. R. Powell, president of the
Board of Education will give the
diplomas.
Frank Wise, senior, will give the
farewell address, followed by the
senior Cap and Gown presentation
by president Max Rohrer and secretary Ann Wolf to" the junior class
president, Richard Claypool and
secretary Pauline Chenot. Rev. M.
E. Beck will give the benediction.
Other senior class officers incli'de
Robert Sommer, vice-president;
Jeanne Moore, assistant secretary;
"William H. Willaman, treasurer;
Charles King, assistant treasurer;
and Ralph Saylor, historian.
The class motto is "Each one is
the Architect of his own fortune'
aha- the class flower is the lily of
ttV;Yalley. The'colors are blue and
At the final session of the annual convention in Washington
last Saturday Frank Hoover was
re-elected vice-president of the
Boy Scouts of America. He has
served in that capacity for several
terms.
Mr. Hoover is quite active in
Boy Scout activities in this district, serving as chairman of region 4, which includes Ohio, West
Virginia, Kentucky and part of
Tennessee. He was-formerly president of the hoard of McKinley
area and is now a member of-tho
'executive board.
The camp site at Tuscazoar was
presented by him to the Scouts
and he has always been keenly interested in their various activities.
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Greentown Church to
Dedicate Hew Building
Rev. B. O. Williams to Be
Guest Speaker At Service
On Sunday afternoon, May 25
at 2:30 the Greentown Church of
God will hold dedication services
for their new building which has
been completed largely through
the work of the church members.
Rev. B. O. Williams, -guest
speaker from Glasgow, Ky. will
give the main address and special
music will be given by the Zion
male quartet.
The building which recently was
completed enough to be used for
services will be fully finished in
the near future. Rev. H. W. Miller,
pastor of the Church "of God in
-Massillon has supervised the construction of the new church since
the resignation of George Roush
several months ago. Mr. Roush had
started the construction of the
building several years ago under
the pastorate of Russel Hinderer
who is now serving in Ashland,
Ohio.
Rev. Wilbur and Esther Jordan
are co-pastors of the church at the
present time.
WAGNER WINS BASKET
A huge 100-pound basket of
fruit was won by Orrin Wagner,
proprietor of Wagner's restaurant
when he attended the state convention of restaurant owners in Cleveland last Wednesday.
The basket, which he won in a
drawing, was delivered to his place
of business Tuesday morning and
was on display in his window.
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MARTHA JEAN OBERLIN
Miss Martha Jean Oberlin who
ha3 consistently won high honors
for her accomplishments on percussion instruments. Latest honor
is superior rating in national cor.
tests held last week-end at Flint,
Mich., for her work on the snare
drum and xylophone. Two years
ago she won a similar rating with
the snare drum. Miss Oberlin will
appear as soloist at the spring concert .to he held in the high school
Friday evening. . ,
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Community Picnic to Be
Held at Geauga Lake Park
Committees Will Be Named This Week to Plan Contests and
Other Amusements for Annual Event
Saturday, June 21 has been
chosen as the day of the Hoover
Community picnic, when the citizens of North Canton will lay
aside their worries for a day and
spend it picnicking with their
friends, neighbors and fellow
workers.
The activities committee of the
Hoover company has picked Geauga Lake park as the place for the
picnic because of its excellent facilities for handling huge crowds.
Chairmen of the various committees met with an official of the
park last week to discuss the various phases of the contract which
they signed.
One of the main things which
will interest those who plan to at
tend the picnic is the fact that
there are enough picnic tables under shelter, in case of bad weather,
to set 10 to 12 thousand persons.
Members of the various commit- -
tees are to be appointed later this
week to start work on the program.
for the day to include every per--
son from grandfather on down to -
baby brother.
Highfield Johnson is general
chairman of the program. All -
those persons who will not have
any means of transportation to the
picnic are requested to get in
touch with R. F. Miller of - the
Hoover traffic department so .that
enough buses may be ordered to
accommodate them.
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The annual musical festival of
North Canton high school music
units will be given in the high '
school auditorium on Friday evening, May 23 at 8 o'clock.
Miss Martha Jean Oberlin, top
flight drum and xylophone soloist,
who won superior rating in the na- .
tional finals at Flint, Mich., over
the weefc-end, will appear on the
program with a xylophone solo.
The high school orchestra, band
and the boys, girls and mixed chor- '
us will all appear on the program
with several of the selections
which they will present being the
same ones which they used in various contests.
The program will be opened with
the orchestra which includes among
its numbers "Francais Militaire"
by Saint-Saens; "Gold and Silver"
by Lehan; "Little Tin Soldiers" by
Pierne; and "Lost Chord" by Sullivan.
Numbers which the Girls' Glee
club will sing include "Night Song"
by Clokey; "My Mother Bids Me
Bind My Hair" by Haydn ; and
"Morning" by Speaks.
The boys' chorus will sing "My
Bonnine Lass She Smileth" by
Bottomley; "When Morning Lights
Awake Me" by Bach; "Nobody
Knows the Trouble I See," negro
spiritual; and "Song of Ships" by
Flagler.
The four numbers which the
mixed chorus will sing include
"Praise Be to Thee" by Palestrina;
"Beautiful Savior" by Christiansen; "Were You There" by Burleigh; and "The Ramparts We
Watch" by Beecher.
The band will conclude the program with seven numbers, namely:
"On the Square" by Panella; "Victorious Overture" by Brockton;
"Them Basses" by Huffine; "Klaxon March" by Fillmore; "A May-
fair Cinderella March" by Ketel-
by; "5tars and Stripes Forever" by
Sousa; and "The Star Spangled
Banner."
A cornet duet, "Remembrance of
Liberati" will be given by Ralph
Saylor and Arnet Jaberg with band
accompaniment.
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North Canton. Schools
Now Exempted District
Board Makes Decision After
Survey of Situation
Effective September 1, North
Canton public schools will be no
longer affiliated with the Stark
County school system.
Under the exempted village ruling, the move of the school board
to place the local schools in such
classification will save the North
Canton taxpayers approximately a
thousand dollars per year which
they have previously paid into the
county school fund.
According to the law the school
district must have three thousand
population, two thousand in the
village proper and an additional
thousand in the remaining part of
the district before it can become
an exempted village. At the last
census North Canton fell slightly
below the three thousand mark and
school board officials decided to
take a census count themselves of
the population within the village
and within the school district.
Before they did this they made
a thorough survey of seven exempted villages to check on the advantages and disadvantages. They
found definite advantages enumerated for the plan of local supervision.
Their census recount placed
North Canton above the three
thousand mark. The necessary action was taken to notify the state
director of__ education and the
county auditor and the action was
approved.
All future activities of North
Canton schools, such as scholarship
tests and athletics will not have to
be bound by county rules, but in
the case of scholarship tests, th.3 „
school may send students directly
to the district exams. Athletic
teams, in which North Canton will
be in Class A will no longer participate in county tournaments but
will be on a direct basis as in the
case of city schools.
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Benefits of Bigness
Less is being heard from those who argue that "bigness" is the true gauge of industrial monopoly. The reason
is not hard to find. Now that the nation is fighting for time
to rearm against a hostile world, bigness has taken on new
meaning to millions of Americans. We need big industries
because only big industries can create mass production vital
to mechanized defense. We will always need big industries,
in peace time as well as war.
Our system of rrtass^ merchandising is as essential as
mass production. It was founded on the needs of 130,000,000
people. Through it, the necessities of life are distributed to
American homes "with a dispatch and efficiency that is the
envy of'the world. An abundance of food on our dinner
tables, as well as abounding quantity and matchless quality
of wearing apparel, foot gear, etc., are directly attributable
to mass merchandising, for the simple reason that it keeps
prices within the reach of millions instead of thousands. And
yet, in spite of these many "taken for granted" benefits,
mass merchandisers have been loudly condemned as monopolistic, merely on the ground that they are too' big.
You can't have the benefits of bigness without having
bigness. If we are ever sold to the idea, that bigness in itself
is evil, we might as well bow to foreign aggressors at once,
for we are licked without it. If the war demonstrates once
and for all time the fallacy of the old demagogic argument
that bigness equals monopoly, a new vista of progress will
open before us, one in which all forms and sizes of enterprise
will serve with maximum efficiency in a free competitive
.system.
Under the Cloak of Defense
' MostkSpund "thinkers in this country are agreeckthat the
tremend6w*fuTcfeWl*Sf^ defense spending which,}® -nation^s Saturday as guests of Ohio
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is now^assu***ni"q.g'4sakes; it^gMy.*a>^^Tflei*4ib^^^^e^ensfe
expenditures.'be cut to the bone. Examination of-civil ;expen
ditures to see' how and where, the activities of various government agencies" may be curtailed is being urged, not alone
by outside economists, but by the Treasury itself.
In this light, one recent tendency observable in Washington at the present time seems to be an evasion of the
realities of the case. We refer to the device of simply shifting civil agencies over from one side of the fence to the other,
and classifying them as "defense agencies."
Typical recent examples are Fish and Wildlife, National
ParkJs, and Grazing1 Services. And a short while ago, even an
insane asylum in the nation's capital was officailly placed under the defense heading.
The question of whether current expenditures in these
fields are justified can be decided on its own merits. But it
doesn't help those who are trying to get a clear picture of
the situation when these agencies are put under the "special
dispensation" of national defense, any more than it would
help a shepherd to count the white sheep in his flock if you
dyed some of them, black.
It is hardly being candid with the individual taxpayer—
who is willingly assuming the heaviest weight of taxation in
our history in order to meet the needed costs of defense—
to use "defense" as a thin cloak for activities not remotely
connected with real national security.
Public Opposes Sending Army
The American people, though they are almost unanimously in favor of all-out aid to England, are still heavily
opposed to sending troops abroad. That is the gist of a recent Gallup Poll. Seventy-nine per cent of those queried were
against sending part of our army to Europe to help the
British. Smaller majorities were against sending American
air and naval units.
At the same time, there is no question but what many
men close to Washington affairs fear that American participation in the actual shooting is coming. Some think that if
Britain loses-in;the Balkans and Egypt and is driven out of
the Mediterranean, this country will be unable to longer
postpone the decision. For then the British Empire's lifeline would be broken, Hitler's U-boats would be supplied with
the finest kind of bases, and the final stage of the Battle of
the Atlantic would begin.
Congressional sentiment is undoubtedly against a declaration of war now, though a number of members are urging that fateful step. The President has shown no change
from his position of all aid short of war.
In the Land of Silence
The world has been buzzing with feverish questions_ever
since Rudolf Hess, deputy fuehrer of Germany, skipped out
of that country by airplane and landed in a Scottish pasture,
with' his gasoline nearly gone. Does this mjean that the
courage of the German people is being broken by their privations and the prospect of American aid to Britain?
The German people remind one of a vast population shut
up in a mighty prison. Only such truth as the guards permit
can filter through the stony walls of silence that surround
them. Radio broadcasts reach-some of them. In their docile
submission to their government, they usually say that everything they hear from a foreign source is just a lie.
The-y* don't know as well what is going on in the world
as do the natives in the darkest recesses of the jungles of
Africa. And all.because the freedom of the press and .of
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VOL. 18—No. 30
NORTH CANTON, STARK COUNTY, OHIO, WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 1941
$1.50 PER YEAR
Students Bring
Scholastic Honor
to North Canton
Question Raised on Rating
When State Office" Finds
Error in Tabulation; Team.
Still Leads in County
North Canton high school has
again made state educational history.
Not only have her students
brought back one of the highest
honors any school can achieve — a
leader in its class, but they have
made a favorable Impression in
scholastic circles as a whole in the
state, regardless of any classification.
Although some question has been
'raised within the past few days as
to the position which the scholarship team holds, there is little
doubt but that it ranks only a few
points below the highest score if it
is surpassed by any other school
At the present time investigation
is being made to see i£ the state
department has actually made a
mistake in its tabulations of the
winners which would put North
Canton in a lower position.
A brief review of the accomplishments of the scholarship team
which has brought high honor to
the local school shows that North
Canton placed 13 students on the
county scholarship team of 40 students, almost a third of the highest ranking scholars in all the
schools in the county system. At
Kent in the district tests, 11 of
these students placed in the upper
rating in each subject. Finally, 10
of these students received high
enough scores to receive state rating.
In the state rating two North
Canton students received third
place, three were in fifth place, one
in sixth, two in tenth and three
honorable mentions. Louis Acheson
placed seventh in the state in open
classification with all other students'in general science.
""When tabulations of points in
the county were made, the North
Canton students had made 243
points to the 63 points of their
nearest competitor, Canal Fulton.
All .other schools in the county
scored 199 points to those earned
-bjtLiNorth Canton.
•- -Eleven of the members of the
$*holarship team went to Colum-
North Canton's Top Rank Scholarship Team Annual Spring Music
Festival Friday Evening
These boys and girls, top ranking students at North Canton high school are largely responsible for
the latest honor the school has received. Not only have they proved their ability along scholastic lines
but records show they are also active in other activities and are leaders in debate, music, athletics and
club work.
In the back row, reading from left to right are Ladene Roberts, Frank Wise, Kenneth Schug, Tom
Smith, Zane. Schlemmer, Evelyn Metzger, and Ruth Frye. In the front row, left to right are Joe Kintz,
Dolores Kintz, Louis Acheson, Charles Howes, Virginia Lesh and Bob Smiley.
Rotary Entertains Visiting
Clubs at Meeting Thursday
Rev. Withrow Declares Love of Humanity Only Thing Able
to Lead Us Out of the Present Darkness
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State university on- scholarship
day. Dr. Ray G. Wbod, director _of
the Ohio scholarship tests, presented the awards to the North Canton
students during ceremonies honoring top ranking students Jp. the
state."** _ '^
Ladene Roberts and Zane
Schlemmer were unable to make
the trip with the other students
who were accompanied with their
parents and friends.
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Hit-Run Driver
Arrested Tuesday
Police Get Motorist Who Admits Hitting School Boy
A driver wanted for hitting a
school child on Rt. 43 near East
Springfield Tuesday afternoon was
picked up in North Canton the
same evening by Officer Smith on
a' charge of driving while under
the influence of liquor, and when
identified was turned over to state
police.
The man, Everett C. Curtis, of
Steubenville, was arrested here
about 6:30 and -was immediately
connected with the hit and run accident from descriptions given over
the radio.
State police were notified and
when they came to North Canton
brought with them a boy who had
heard the man say that he had hit
a school child when he ""stopped at a
service station in Malvern. The boy
immediately identified him.
The injured child was taken to
the hospital after examination by
a doctor. No report has been received of his condition.
Club Plans
Banquet Monday
Delegates Attend Convention
in Atlantic City This Week
Members of the Junior Woman's
club will hold their annual spring
banquet in Hotel Belden Monday
evening. Transportation will be
provided for those who need it.
Mrs. George Henderson, club adviser left for Atlantic City Sunday to attend the convention of the
General Federation of Women's
clubs,being held there this week.
Miss Ruby Ryder will leave the
latter part of this week for the
convention as club delegate and
Miss Helen Moore will also attend
and-sing-in the club-chorus.
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Dogs Must Be Kept In
. Following complaints of "property owners that dogs have been
running loose throughout the village, destroying shrubs and tearing up gardens, all dog owners in
the village are warded that according to a village "ordinance all
dogs must be kept tied *or on
owner's property.
- Even though the dog is licensed
:it"..still must be-;kep_t at home.
Close to 200 Rotarians from 12
surrounding communities were in
North Canton last Thursday evening to attend the inter-city meeting sponsored by the local club.
Rev. Floyd Withrow, pastor of
the United Presbyterian church in
Barberton was the speaker for the
evening. His subject was "Lights
That Shine From the Darkness."
"America's progress, culture and
scientific discoveries during this
dark European situation will not
be the lights that wilL lead us but
of the darkness and terrible conflict," he asserted. "Only love for
humanity, the ability to speak the
viewpoints of others and the spirit
of Christ will lead us oat. of this
darkness and grave problems."'
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the evening each club that.- attend^
ed was requested to put on a stunt,
musical number or. reading. All of
them received gifts "for the fine
performances they. gave. Group
singing was led by C. B. Williams
with Russell Rudy at the piano*.
Charles Carper, president, gave
the welcoming address to all the
visiting Rotarians from Minerva:
Sebring, Louisville, Malvern, Canal Fulton, Waynesburg, Carrolton,
Barberton, Canton, Akron and Alliance. The Massillon club was the
only club invited which was not
represented.
The Minerva club had the best
representation with 35 out of 38
members present to receive the attendance prize of a leather secretary kit.
Among the other prizes offered
H. B. Crewson of Sebring won the
Hoover Dustette given by the company as a door prize. All those
present also received Hoover belts
as souvenirs.
Rev. Paul Rempe of Bellevue,
former pastor of Zion Lutheran
church and secretary of the local
club was a special guest of honor.
The committee in charge of the
entertainment for the evening was
Roy Harpold, chairman; Wayne
Hummel, Ward Mathie, Charles
Carper and Rev. N. B. Emch.
Firemen Plan Festival
The Volunteer Firemen of Hartville will hold a festival at the
Hartville high school grounds on
Saturday, June 21.
It is the first festival sponsored
by the group and funds raised
from it will be used to purchase
new equipment.
Charles Nelius Dies
Following Long Illness
Funeral Services Held at
St. Paul's Wednesday
On Wednesday morning at 9
o'clock funeral services were held
in St. Paul's church for Charles R.
Nelius, 68, of McKinley ave., who
died Monday morning, May 19, 1941
in Mercy hospital following a long
illness. t
Mr. Nelius was a life resident of
North Canton and was a member
of St. Paul's church and the
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He is survived by ■-* his • -.WiJow,-
Mrs'. Agnes Nelius; three 'daughters^ Mrs. W. A. Zimmer, Mrs. J.
J. Terrigan and Mrs. R. M. Willaman; one son Raymond and six
grandchildren.
Rev. Fr. Anthony Mechler was in
charge of the" services and burial
was in Calvary cemetery on the
Canton-Massillon road.
Missionary Groups
Plan Prayer Service
Lecture Club
Women on Meat
Make-up Meeting to Be Held
in June to Close Season
Fifty members of the Woman's
club were present Monday evening
to hear J. E. Wallon of Cleveland,
representative of the Swift Co.,
speak on cuts and ways of serving
meats. He also showed a pictu-**
entitled "Romance of Meats."
Music on the program was giv>
by Ralph Saylor who presented i
trumpet duet, accompanied by Nc
ma Dolvin.
Mrs. L. K. Acheson, Americ,'
Home chairman introduced M"
Charles Howes who introduced ti
speaker for the - evening. Re«
tionists for the evening were M
Ralph Young and Mrs. Roy Fry-
There will be one more meeti
of the club for the year in Jul
It will be a make-up meeting whi
was cancelled in January becau
of a flu epidemic.
On Wednesday evening, June
the club will sponsor a mixed ca '
party at Shady Hollow Count
club. Mrs. Foster Crawford
chairman.
The three missionary societies
of Zion Reformed church, namely
the Woman's Missionary society,
the Mary Schneder society and the
Esther society will sponsor "Ascension Day of Prayer for Missions" in a brief service at the
church on Thursday evening al
7:30.
Both men and women are invited to attend the service which will
be in the form of a prayer service
for missions all over the world. It
is the first time it has been held m
Zion Reformed church.
Miss Genevieve Eichards will
give a solo and Mrs. Charles
Howes is in charge of the service.
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Girl Reserves Hold
Installation Service
Booster Club Banquet
Saturday Evening
Kent, Akron U. Professors to
Speak Following Dinner
A banquet honoring North Canton students who have achieved
scholastic and athletic distinction
will be held by the Booster club
Saturday evening starting at 6:30.
Meals will be served in three
churches in the community, St.
Paul's, Community Christian and
Zion Reformed, after -which the
three groups will adjourn to the
high school auditorium for the second part of the program.
Professor Merle Wagoner of
Kent State university will be the
first speaker of the evening, followed by Dean Howard R. Evans,
of the College of Education at Akron university. Professor Wagoner, agriculture professor at Kent
has been manager of the Class B
tournaments in this district for the
past 10 years and is keenly interested in the athletics of the high
schools. He was a former coach at
Kent and an Ohio State athlete.
Special musical numbers will
also be given on the program.
Later in the evening dancing
will be held in the grade school
with Jack Zengler and the Knights
of Rhythm providing the music.
The Booster club plans to make
this program an annual event to
honor outstanding students in
North Canton. Reservations for the
banquet must be in by Friday
noon.
Superintendent Trachsel is program chairman, C. W. Studer banquet chairman; William Finefrock,
music; and Jack Coughlin, tickets.
M. F. Lowry is general chairman.
Hoover Renamed to
Scout Vice-Presidency
Three High School Choruses,
Orchestra, Concert Band to
Appear in "Varied Program
Clubs Have Joint Ceremony
at/Oirtdoor Meeting
Junior and Senior Girl Reserves
held a joint installation of officers
in an outdoor meeting Monday evening at West Creek. "
They conducted the service
around a fire built on a little knoll.
Miss Evelyn Gatrell told the story
of "The Church of Lighted Lamps,"
after which the officers for tho
coming year came forward and
were installed.
At the close of the service the
girls all lighted candles which were
placed in egg shells and floated
down the stream, symbolic of
friendship going out into the world.
The service was closed with the
circle of friendship led by Miss
Florence Buchanan.
Rates "Superior"
Dr. John Lowry of Muskingum
Named Commencement Speaker
Baccalaureate Scheduled for
June 1 With Rev. Beck as
Speaker; Commencement
Set for June 3
Dr. John G. Lowry, dean of the
School of Education at Muskingum
college will be the speaker at commencement exercises on Tuesday
evening, June 3 when 64 North
Canton high school seniors receive
their diplomas. Dr. Lowry's address
will be "The Next Frontier."
Baccalaureate services will be
held Sunday evening, June 1 in the
high school auditorium at 7:30
with Rev. M. E. Beck as the
speaker. - -
For commencement exercises the
high school orchestra' will play the
processional as the senior class
members in their caps and gowns
take their places.
Rev. M. A. Cossaboom will give
the invocation, followed by an address of welcome ■- given by Miss
Blanche Wenger, senior. .A. girlrf
sextet composed of Marie Burk-
holtz, Blanche Wenger, Reba Keith,
Margaret Shaub, Velma Renner and
Dorothy Kolp will present several
numbers.
Awarding of medals and scholarships will be given by A. J. Schneider, class adviser to those who have
earned them. Superintendent R. E.
Trachsel will present the class and
C. R. Powell, president of the
Board of Education will give the
diplomas.
Frank Wise, senior, will give the
farewell address, followed by the
senior Cap and Gown presentation
by president Max Rohrer and secretary Ann Wolf to" the junior class
president, Richard Claypool and
secretary Pauline Chenot. Rev. M.
E. Beck will give the benediction.
Other senior class officers incli'de
Robert Sommer, vice-president;
Jeanne Moore, assistant secretary;
"William H. Willaman, treasurer;
Charles King, assistant treasurer;
and Ralph Saylor, historian.
The class motto is "Each one is
the Architect of his own fortune'
aha- the class flower is the lily of
ttV;Yalley. The'colors are blue and
At the final session of the annual convention in Washington
last Saturday Frank Hoover was
re-elected vice-president of the
Boy Scouts of America. He has
served in that capacity for several
terms.
Mr. Hoover is quite active in
Boy Scout activities in this district, serving as chairman of region 4, which includes Ohio, West
Virginia, Kentucky and part of
Tennessee. He was-formerly president of the hoard of McKinley
area and is now a member of-tho
'executive board.
The camp site at Tuscazoar was
presented by him to the Scouts
and he has always been keenly interested in their various activities.
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Greentown Church to
Dedicate Hew Building
Rev. B. O. Williams to Be
Guest Speaker At Service
On Sunday afternoon, May 25
at 2:30 the Greentown Church of
God will hold dedication services
for their new building which has
been completed largely through
the work of the church members.
Rev. B. O. Williams, -guest
speaker from Glasgow, Ky. will
give the main address and special
music will be given by the Zion
male quartet.
The building which recently was
completed enough to be used for
services will be fully finished in
the near future. Rev. H. W. Miller,
pastor of the Church "of God in
-Massillon has supervised the construction of the new church since
the resignation of George Roush
several months ago. Mr. Roush had
started the construction of the
building several years ago under
the pastorate of Russel Hinderer
who is now serving in Ashland,
Ohio.
Rev. Wilbur and Esther Jordan
are co-pastors of the church at the
present time.
WAGNER WINS BASKET
A huge 100-pound basket of
fruit was won by Orrin Wagner,
proprietor of Wagner's restaurant
when he attended the state convention of restaurant owners in Cleveland last Wednesday.
The basket, which he won in a
drawing, was delivered to his place
of business Tuesday morning and
was on display in his window.
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MARTHA JEAN OBERLIN
Miss Martha Jean Oberlin who
ha3 consistently won high honors
for her accomplishments on percussion instruments. Latest honor
is superior rating in national cor.
tests held last week-end at Flint,
Mich., for her work on the snare
drum and xylophone. Two years
ago she won a similar rating with
the snare drum. Miss Oberlin will
appear as soloist at the spring concert .to he held in the high school
Friday evening. . ,
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Community Picnic to Be
Held at Geauga Lake Park
Committees Will Be Named This Week to Plan Contests and
Other Amusements for Annual Event
Saturday, June 21 has been
chosen as the day of the Hoover
Community picnic, when the citizens of North Canton will lay
aside their worries for a day and
spend it picnicking with their
friends, neighbors and fellow
workers.
The activities committee of the
Hoover company has picked Geauga Lake park as the place for the
picnic because of its excellent facilities for handling huge crowds.
Chairmen of the various committees met with an official of the
park last week to discuss the various phases of the contract which
they signed.
One of the main things which
will interest those who plan to at
tend the picnic is the fact that
there are enough picnic tables under shelter, in case of bad weather,
to set 10 to 12 thousand persons.
Members of the various commit- -
tees are to be appointed later this
week to start work on the program.
for the day to include every per--
son from grandfather on down to -
baby brother.
Highfield Johnson is general
chairman of the program. All -
those persons who will not have
any means of transportation to the
picnic are requested to get in
touch with R. F. Miller of - the
Hoover traffic department so .that
enough buses may be ordered to
accommodate them.
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The annual musical festival of
North Canton high school music
units will be given in the high '
school auditorium on Friday evening, May 23 at 8 o'clock.
Miss Martha Jean Oberlin, top
flight drum and xylophone soloist,
who won superior rating in the na- .
tional finals at Flint, Mich., over
the weefc-end, will appear on the
program with a xylophone solo.
The high school orchestra, band
and the boys, girls and mixed chor- '
us will all appear on the program
with several of the selections
which they will present being the
same ones which they used in various contests.
The program will be opened with
the orchestra which includes among
its numbers "Francais Militaire"
by Saint-Saens; "Gold and Silver"
by Lehan; "Little Tin Soldiers" by
Pierne; and "Lost Chord" by Sullivan.
Numbers which the Girls' Glee
club will sing include "Night Song"
by Clokey; "My Mother Bids Me
Bind My Hair" by Haydn ; and
"Morning" by Speaks.
The boys' chorus will sing "My
Bonnine Lass She Smileth" by
Bottomley; "When Morning Lights
Awake Me" by Bach; "Nobody
Knows the Trouble I See," negro
spiritual; and "Song of Ships" by
Flagler.
The four numbers which the
mixed chorus will sing include
"Praise Be to Thee" by Palestrina;
"Beautiful Savior" by Christiansen; "Were You There" by Burleigh; and "The Ramparts We
Watch" by Beecher.
The band will conclude the program with seven numbers, namely:
"On the Square" by Panella; "Victorious Overture" by Brockton;
"Them Basses" by Huffine; "Klaxon March" by Fillmore; "A May-
fair Cinderella March" by Ketel-
by; "5tars and Stripes Forever" by
Sousa; and "The Star Spangled
Banner."
A cornet duet, "Remembrance of
Liberati" will be given by Ralph
Saylor and Arnet Jaberg with band
accompaniment.
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North Canton. Schools
Now Exempted District
Board Makes Decision After
Survey of Situation
Effective September 1, North
Canton public schools will be no
longer affiliated with the Stark
County school system.
Under the exempted village ruling, the move of the school board
to place the local schools in such
classification will save the North
Canton taxpayers approximately a
thousand dollars per year which
they have previously paid into the
county school fund.
According to the law the school
district must have three thousand
population, two thousand in the
village proper and an additional
thousand in the remaining part of
the district before it can become
an exempted village. At the last
census North Canton fell slightly
below the three thousand mark and
school board officials decided to
take a census count themselves of
the population within the village
and within the school district.
Before they did this they made
a thorough survey of seven exempted villages to check on the advantages and disadvantages. They
found definite advantages enumerated for the plan of local supervision.
Their census recount placed
North Canton above the three
thousand mark. The necessary action was taken to notify the state
director of__ education and the
county auditor and the action was
approved.
All future activities of North
Canton schools, such as scholarship
tests and athletics will not have to
be bound by county rules, but in
the case of scholarship tests, th.3 „
school may send students directly
to the district exams. Athletic
teams, in which North Canton will
be in Class A will no longer participate in county tournaments but
will be on a direct basis as in the
case of city schools.
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